Installing games on my 1200 HD

[Flashlab]

You can find a lot of Amiga software on Aminet.

[bazza1975]

I thought i had all 4 disks installed to the HD, thing is when i reboot now i get the 3.0 rom screen, it doesn't load up the workbench,,

Anyone???

[Flashlab]

Like I said in my previous post; make sure the partition is set as bootable in HDToolbox (the program you use to make the partitions with).

If there's still anything wrong with it then you won't get the purple rom screen but a shell window.

[bazza1975]

I do get the purple rom screen, but i want the workbench to load,,

[Flashlab]

That's what I'm saying; the HD doesn't boot. That's why you get the purple screen. To fix this make sure the partition you copied the WB disks to, is set as bootable in HDToolbox.

[bazza1975]

I did get a purple rom screen,now all i get is the amiga dos shell. Even if i enter the wb disk or install disk.

Yes i have checked that the HD is bootable, using the HDtoolbox, i have installed the hd with the 5 disks, never came back with any errors..

fast file system is selected, and boot sequence is 0 for HD, this right?

[Flashlab]

So you do have the Install disk. Do this then:

1. Boot from the Install disk.
2. Use HDToolbox to make one partition for the full HD.
3. Make sure it's bootable and save the changes.
4. Quickformat the partition. It should have an icon on WB.
5. Use the Installer to install WB BUT don't use the Novice install! This is important as it will stupidly try to install onto your floppy disk itself. When you use Intermediate you'll be able to select the destination for the install. Choose the root of the partition you just made.

[bazza1975]

See thats the thing even if i boot with the install disk it ends up in a dos shell screen.. and stops booting, the smae with booting with wb, same result.

Only way i can get anywhere is to boot from software disk i got from pcmcia kit seeing this is bootable.

Then i end up in wb screen, open install disk, then select hdtoolbox, and made 1 partition,, fast file is already selected, good bad?, boost sequence 0 good bad? And yes bootable is selected...

Reboot, and end up in the same ds shell screen, Even is i enter install disk. Thats the problem

[ZeBeeDee]

Are you only seeing a screen something along these lines when booting from either the HD or a floppy disk?

[Flashlab]

You have probably set the boot priority of the HD higher than the floppy. Hold the two mouse buttons on boot and select DF0: as the boot device. Make sure you have the floppy already in the drive. This will override the priority of the HD for one boot sequence.

In HDToolBox you can set the bootpriority for your HD to something else. Floppy is normally 5. The higher the number the higher the priority. My boot partition DH0: has priority 1.

You can see these numbers in the early startup menu by holding the two mouse buttons during boot/reset.

[bazza1975]

Yes thats the screen i was getting...



yes df0:5 cc0:3, dunno what that is and hd0:0, so i disabled hd0: to enter workbench, thing is in the hdtoolbox, it wont save the changes when i change it to say, 6 seeing the floppy has a value of 5.., it stays boot priority 0.....whenever i close the program, and how do i give the floppy a lower value...

[ZeBeeDee]

Floppy drives always have a priority of 5 so no need to lower or raise it.

DHO: (hard drive) should be set to a priority of 1

It seems to me that you have either bad copies of Workbench and/or a bad copy of the HD install disc as both should load directly to the Workbench environment.

[Flashlab]

CC0: is the PCMCIA device. Anyway if your HD0: has priority 0 then your 1200 will boot from floppy before HD. Remember the higher the number the higher the priority. So there's nothing wrong there. As far as I know you can't change the floppy priority.

Are you sure the disks you're using are ok? You haven't overwritten them by accident by trying to install Workbench? Are they still write-protected?

[ZeBeeDee]

@ Flashlab

I'm going to post a quick tutorial on HD prep and formatting for bazza1975 to follow ... hopefully that will do the trick and get him back on track :-)

[Flashlab]

Good idea! I'm afraid though that he busted his WB disks... The Novice install mode really can be annoying; especially for novices... the irony.

[ZeBeeDee]

I agree ... C= really screwed up the novice mode on installing, very very badly thought out and implemented  :-(